Turkish military, US-led coalition launch operation in northern Syria

The Turkish army begun firing artillery rounds into the Syrian border town of Jarablus at around 0100 GMT, Anadolu said.

Turkey had vowed on Monday to "completely cleanse" Islamic State militants from its border region after a suicide bomber suspected of links to the group killed 54 people, including 22 children, at a Kurdish wedding in southeastern city of Gaziantep.